...and we've have been a day and a half quicker if it wasn't for being stalked by two polar bears and conditions were a little more favourable...

Ian and I are back in the UK now, both very tired but recovering and very proud of what we have achieved.

We crossed the Greenland ice cap, c340 miles, in 15 days 9 hours, then walked out to the coast, a further 25 miles in a few hours, completing a full coast to coast crossing.

Conditions this year were unseasonably warm on occasions and this created A LOT of BIG crevasses, sink holes, boulders and fast running melt water rivers and canyons to negotiate in the last 9 miles. We left ourselves in a good position to finish inside 15 days, but the conditions meant those last 9 miles took 18 and a half hours to complete!!

It’s not the fastest ever crossing but we’re pretty sure it’s the fastest British crossing and we only know of c5 Norwegian crossings that are faster...but they are born with skis on their feet ;) All our Norwegian friends have said 15 days this year is a really good result so that makes us more proud.

As for the bears, we ran into two adult polar bears on day two of the expedition, they moved down wind of us and then round the back of us, then continued to follow us for the ‘best’ part of two days and 50 miles before finally leaving us, presumably for an easier meal nearer the coast. (I did say beforehand that I wanted to see one, I didn’t want see two...following us! And I didn’t want to be on the menu!)

Thanks to everyone for their support, I’ll write up a full debrief very shortly and post on a new page here on my site so watch this space...